"Pavement" insect (3)

I believe the answer is:

ant

(Other definitions for ant that I've seen before include "Termite" , "One working hard" , "Social worker" , "Dec's long-time partner" , "Proverbially hard-working insect" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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